WHIPPED THE LEOPARD.
But It Took a Troop of Baboons to Kill
the Big Cat.
A vivid pen picture of a flslit be
tween a leopard and a troop of baboon
is given in a German paper b.v r. Kit
ter. a sportsman and explorer In <!er
man West Africa. Leopards have a
particular liking for baboon flesh,
whieb is often used as bait to trap
them.
"One afternoon," the hunter relates.
"I was resting on the shady side of a
big rock which formed the bank of a
small stream. On the opposite side a
troop of baboons came down chatter
ing toward the water, a large male go
lug cautiously In front, glancing and
scenting around for danger. I remain
ed immobile.
"A deep grunt assured the herd that
nil was well, and down the steep slope
they came, last of all a female with
two young, which the mother tenderly
helped over the rongli places. Sudden
ly a big leopard shot out from behind
a bowlder and with one blow of his
paw grabbed one of the young.
"The mother, with a roar of fury,
threw herself upon the big cat. The
others halted and with one nccord
clambered back to her assistance. The
leopard had just settled tlie female and
was about to make off with his prey
when be found himself surrounded by
the whole horde, which closed in upon
him.
"He gave as good as he got, and
two big baboons rolled down the slope
apparently done for, but numbers told,
and he was literally torn to pieces. It
was a horribly fascinating sight, and 1
uever regretted more having no camera
with me than I did then."
THEY DIDN'T FIGHT.
It Was Only a Little Friendly Discus
sion That Excited Them.
Two Spaniards were conversing ear
nestly, then excitedly, at last angrily.
The young American woman who pass
ed them looked with frightened eyes
toward her Spanish guide.
"What are they talking about, Senor
JoseV" she asked timidly. "Ho you
think they will light—or maybe kill?"
"Ah, no, Senorita Marie," replied
Jose, smiling and showing his pretty
teeth. "One man—that one, you see,
senorita. with the long mustachios—he
is saying. 'Me. I prefer much the col
iaire' button which is steel,' and the
other one—look, senorita—he is running
his lingers through his hair now and
his sombrero has a gold cord —be is
saying, 'Ah, no, senor, the button which
is of gold—si, senor. that is the button
for me.'
"But as for tnyself, senorita, the bone
collaire button—that I prefer above all
the others.
"Do 1 not speak with good sense,
senorita? Listen. If the button is of
steel it will cut. if it is of gold one can
not afford to lose it, but if it is of bone
it does not cut, and if it goes what uiat
ter? I have a dozen at homo in my
little top drawer."
"You speak with great good sense,
Don Jose, but tell me—were the men
really angry?"
"Oh. not at all. senorita. It is only
our southern way of being interested
in what we discuss If it had been
two Germans, senorita, or maybe two
Englishman, you would uever have no
ticed them."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Then They Talked In English.
A couple of Cleveland business men
visited Mexico. In Mexico City their
train was switched from one station
to another. One of the Clevelanders
went to the first station to make in
quiries. Approaching a pair of dark
visnged employees, he cudgeled his
memory for the proper words from the
phrase book.
"Donde esta?'' he hesitatingly asked
and paused.
The two dark visaged persons listen
ed attentively.
"Gracias." stammered the Cleveland
man. "Donde estan?"
Then one of the men looked at the
other.
"Say, Bill," he growled, "what in
merry blue blazes is this fellow talkln'
about ?"
And after that it was easy.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Donkey's Choice.
The vexed question of the future
life of animals has troubled the Mo
hammedan, as it has other religions.
'J he question, it seems, was considered
by Allah a long time ago, and all the
animals were asked if they wished to
enter paradise. They at once said
yes, except the donkeys. Thee were
cautious and asked if little boys went
t« heaven The answer being yes.
they replied. "In that ease we prefer
togo to —the other place." S. 11. Lee
der vou"hes for the fable in"The
Desert Gateway."
Friendship*.
There are three friendships which are
advantageous and three which are iu
iurn.il I-rieiul hip with the upright,
friendship with the sincere and friend
ship with the man <>f much Informa
tion these are advantageous, friend
ship with the man of specious airs,
friend id|> with the insinuatingly soft,
irii'i d v illi It ■ i;lil> toligOed thes*
Cutting D i*n the Butcher's Bill.
"Isii t there tun mh> to eut down a
l» IS bill li d ■
eavtleattjr aridr< <dmf hi* n,e«t wan.
"Why. ye-. Air Tlxht wad." said th
<i<>r 'V»n miL'bt i>ay a little on
amount now and then ""•Harper's
It Is easier to our! h ewwelvoe with
4 thousand virtu* * than to orreet our
of a sluts'. fattlt.-~ Hruyere.
I
ataje Snow.
Tn 'Per .1 inlnNcences of Ilen
r> In i>. , ' t . : iot.er lets his read
ers into ibe - ecrct of h >w the snow
scene in ■ I <• t'orsiian Brothers" was ;
made « ne -th e:
"All over the stage was a thick bian- 1
ket of -mow, white and glistening in
the winter sunrise—snow that lay so
thick that when the duelists, stripped
and armed, stood face to face they
each secured a tinner foothold by
clearing it away. Of many wonderful
effects this snow was perhaps the
strongest and most impressive of real
ity. The public could never imagine
how it was done. It was salt—common
coarse salt which was white in the
appointed light and glistened like real
snow. There were tons of it. A crowd
of men stood ready in the wings with
little baggage trucks such as are now
nsed lu the corridors of great hotels,
silent with rubber wheels. On them
were great wide mouthed sacks full of
salt. When the signal came they rush
ed in On all sides, each to his appoint
ed spot, and tumbled out his load,
spreading it evenly with great wide
bladed wooden shovels."
Tuning Bells.
"What a beautiful tone that bell
i has!" is often heard. There are few,
however, who know how a bell re
i ceives its joyful or solemn tones. All
bells after they are cast and finished
I must go through a process of tuning
: tlie same as any other musical instru
• mcut before the;, respond with a clear,
1 true tone. Every bell sounds five
i notes, which must blend together In
order to produce perfect harmony. The
tuning of a bell is done by means of
j shaving thin bits from various parts
of the metal. It is as easy for an ex
port bell tuner to put a bell in tunc
as it is for a piano tuner to adjust his
instrument to perfect chords. At first
thought it would seem that a bell
would be ruined should a tuner shave
olf too much at the last tuning, or the
; fifth sound, but such is not the case.
: lie would, however, be obliged to be
] gin over, starting again with the first
1 tone and shaving the bell till it gave
forth its harmonious sound at tlie fifth
; tone.—Scientific American.
No Clock Wanted.
There had been some talk of placing
a clock in the tower of the village {
church. But John, Ihe old sexton, who
lived in the little cottage opposite tlie
church, declared himself "dead agin
it"and expressed the opinion that it !
would mean "an awful waste o' brass" !
*\vere the scheme carried out.
"We want no clocks," he said the !
other day. "We've done without clocks
up to now, Ml' we shall u<; uage. Wli,
lyin' i' my bed of a mornin' I can see
Ihf tini" by the sundial over th •
porch."
"Yes," replied one who approved of
the scheme, "that's all right so far as |
it goes. But the sun doesn't shine
every morning. What do you do
then?" .
"Why," answered John surprisedl.v, j
"I knows then as it ain't fit weather
to be out o' bed, an' I just stops where
1 is."- London Tit-Bits.
The Lavish Jenkins.
| In October, 18SG, a religiously mind- j
ed Buckinghamshire farmer name I i
I Jenkins brought his firstborn to the i
parish church to be christened, and j
this was to lie the name: Abel Benja- i
j min Caleb Daniel Ezra Kelix Gabriel
liaggai Isaac Jacob Kisii Levi Ma- j
noah Xebetniah Obdiah Peter Quartus j
Rechab Samuel Tobiah Uzziel Vauiali
Word Xystns Zeehariah. it will be j
i observed th it the names are all ar- i
I ranged in alphabetical order and are 1
1 as far as possible selected from Scrip |
ture. It w.is only with the very great
est difficulty that the clergyman dis J
suadeil M; - . Jenkins from doing the i
lasting wrong to his child thai he had j
j unwittingly devised, but eventually it !
| was decided to > hristen the boy simply j
I Al.-I Chambers' Journal.
Where Plato Taught.
The famous academy of Plato was
| In a suburb of Athens, about a mile !
north of the Dypilum gate. It is said to
; have belonged to the hero Aendeinus; i
hence tlie name, it was surrouiuh d
with a wall and adorned with walks,
groves and fouutnins. Pluto |Missossed
' a small estate in the neighborhood and
for some 1 fly years taught his "dlvin
philosophy" to young and old assetn
bled in the academy to listen to his '
xv. .e words. After Plato's death In
:; »N B. ('. the academy lost much of Its
I fame, but the beauty remained for
i centuries after the great teacher was
no more. New York American,
Poet Laureate.
The office of poet laureate practical
I.v lieu .. with I'h.iucer, who •!
the le lllmut KIH.I. After t'llUUcor
the > >' W, i,re or les-i ill til''
; shadow hut Iroiu Spenser in I.VR» the
line . 112 laure te is pretty well
filled d' WU to the present time. Th
office Is lure, v honorary and has let
always been held by (ho greatest of ■
English (xH-s-i. Dry den, Word wortl
and Ten in son being the It) i lllti •
trloUM of its h >!i!ers. Exchmme.
He. Own Valuat o-i
•Belle tells uie -lie i- teary I • et
! mari I' d you." said a younu lad to !•
hu«hrtlid"
They Witt* h.te utter known pro*
h.ipt .v It U <lte retneit .ran-1 Ol
It *UI »• *' r rtln r<t>e» It we .. ,i
j TNTTIM ro*< t M» MUM plant At >r« irt <
C\ IS I'KKS-, THURSDAY, JANUARY la, 19x1.
Incapacitated.
"Th«» fussy individual wlio nlwnr«
has a run in with t lie waiter never
furcß any I letter Hiun the rest of us
i who are satisfied to take things as
' they come," said the homeless bach
. elor. "1 took breakfast with one of
; these fussers I tie other inortiiiiK ill a
: little cafe uptown that was new to
I both of us.
"All he wanted was a cup of coffee
| and a couple of boiled But you
| might have thought the universe de-
J pended upon those eggs. After having
given the waiter minute instructions
as to their preparation, he sat with his
watch in his hands.
"Finally the eggs came, and there
was a lot more powwow. As he crack
ed the shell of one ho turned to Hie
waiter and said, 'Are you sure these
' eggs are positively freshV
"And the waiter, who had watery
eyes and a very red nose, replied with
all seriousness: 'I really can't say. sir.
I have a frightful cold in my head.' "
—New York Times.
A Queer Freak.
Milreau, who was said to have boon
connected with some of the best fami
lies in France and to have possessed
considerable means until ruined by the
Panama canal disaster, was one of the
best friends the beggars of Paris ever
had. and to obtain funds for helping
them he brame a systematic thief, lie
used to frequent the fashionable streets
uuring the day and pick pockets, and
by night, dressed in ragged clothes, he
dispensed the spoils to the first beg
gars he met. For years he continued
the practice without being suspected,
and it was by pure chance that he
I eventually did fall Into the hands of
| the police. When his lodgings were
searched sufficiently empty purses were
found to fill a large packing case, and
it was made clear that he had stolen
! hundreds of watches and scarfpins,
I while lie had been pinching and con
| triving to live a respectable man on a
1 few francs a week saved from the ruin
' of his fortune.
The Literary Man.
When I get home where I live at I
; will remove my wife's new hat from
; my desk and my daughter's socks and
j my wee baby's building blocks, three
spools of thread, some tafting frames,
j a box or two of cut out games, some
scissors and my wife's new waists, a
box of tacks and some tooth paste, a
, cookbook and a sewing kit, some let- j
| ters that my wife has writ, some apple j
! cores the kids put there, one or two I
! wads of handmade hair, a bottle of j
| shoe polish, too, a hairbrush and a !
baby shoe, some stockings that are
worth a darn, a skein or two of darn- !
ing yarn, a picture book or two or '
three, a picture babe has drawn for 1
me, a rubber ball, a piece of glim, some
picture postcards and a drum. I'll do
all that when I get home and then j
! write an immortal poem that will have 1
Swinburne double crossed—if all my j
pencils are not lost. —Houston Post.
I /
Wrecks and Cats and Dogs.
There is an odd provision in the j
: English law 011 wrecks, it used to '
1 be that wrecks, like pretty nearly ev- I
1 erything else, belonged to the king.
Sometimes, if a vessel were only part- :
J ly wrecked and it could be raised, an
owner was averse to surrendering it,
but it was generally seized for the king
| in accordance with the law until the
question came up as to just what was
i a wreck. It was generally admitted
that when all hands were lost that
i was a wreck, but as they wanted to
| get as narrow a definition as they
| could they got parliament to establish
< a law that in future nothing shall
j be considered a wreck out of which a
j cat or a dog escapes alive, and from
| that time until the present day 110
! vessel coasts about England without
carrying a cat or dog.
Canvas Currency.
Banknotes appear in much same
! form throughout the world and have
always done so except in China, where
the earliest note was made of canvas,
i some six centuries before the Christian
era. it was more like a tablecloth
than a banknote, its length being
about two meters, or six feet six inch
es. This form of note was not very !
convenient when large sums were con
cerned, so later the note was printed
on parchment, and all other forma of |
money \\ iv suppressed. One emperor
issued notes represent lug more than
three thousand iiilllloi.i liut the mon
ey was never popular, and gradually
the notes were retired.
Charlotte Cushman's Warning.
One ley night Charlotte Cusliiuau and ,
Lawrence Barrett came out of the the- ;
liter together. The -t ps were danger- |
ously slippery, ami it was with diilicul- |
t> that they kept th«u' -et at all. As j
they totterlngly desn ~ir>d the great '
actre.-s suld to her compauiuu quite lu |
her Lady Macbeth manner: "Take a i
good grip on my arm, Lawteuce, and !
if 1 slip hold on like grim death. But
if jou slip in the name of hcuvcu let ;
Bad Manners,
The two woue u stop|nil In front of it
dentist's showcase.
"There, mamma." *uld the younger
woti ii.
like that."
"Hiiwb, my child!" commanded her i
mother, "itou't you know tlmt It's vul
gar to |, « !{ join teeth in ih<i street?"
A Bright Youth.
Mho (archlyi Whom sliuiihi you call
Ihe pritiest islrl mi the room? lie
tell Ibc trwtli, there Uu'l U pretty girl I
I lit the place.
tit it'A ' . |„.|
|h ~t!*»> Ibe Inequality of tudiiy ami U
Mill appear una In tomorrow. Kuiersou
Entertaining Royalty.
Nothing puts a bigger feather In
tl'p cap of a so'ii ■ hostess, says the
London Suttmhiv .It.am I. or at, the
same time causes her more anxious
cares and tiiougl" rat Iter than mere
expenditure than the presence at one
of her dinners or dances in the huge
Mayfalr mansion of a member of the
royal family most of all the king ami
queen. The cult rieiuing of royalty is
one of the i.i.e., <1 •:i ate triumphs the
society woman, whether she be a
duchess or merely a millionairess, can
achieve It bus a cod" of etiquette
all to itself—a ode which must he
rigluly ( I.served or n > hope is there
of ever securing another visit from a
royal guest of the reigning house. The
number of titled and untitled guests
bidden to meet the sovereign at. say.
a dinner party is strictly limited and
of course highly seie.'t. On one oc
casion $20,000 was spent l y a hostess
in entertaining a crowned head for a
week end, while another example is
that of a certain baronet who had a
marble staircase putin Ids house sole
ly because of an approaching visit
from the late king.
A Rsmarkabla Escape.
During the r -ign of terror in Paris
one of .nosl remarkable escapes
was tha, ( M.de Chateaubrun. He
was sent to execution with twenty
other prisoners, hut after the fifteenth
head had fallen the guillotine got out
of order and a workman was sent for
to repair 1\ The six remaining vic
tims were left standing in front of the
machines with (heir hands tied behind
them. A French crowd is very cu
rious. and the people kept pressing
forward to -ee (lie man arranging the
guillotine. By degrees M.de Chateau
brun, who was to the rear of his com
panions, fourd himself in the front
line of the spectators, in the sec
ond and Anally well behind those who
had come to see his head cut off. Be
fore the men could get the guillotine
in working order night began to fall,
and M.de Chateaubrun slipped away.
When in the Champs Ely sees he told
a man that a wag had tied his hands
and robbed him of his hat, and this
simple individual set him free. A few
days later M.de Chateaubrun escaped
from France.
Due Precautions.
In a town in Georgia there was an
old preacher whose knowledge of the
j world was not wide nor deep, bin who
| conceived it to be a place where, if
' one should trust his fellow men, he
i should at the same time keep an eye
! on his own interests.
One hot day-he pulled off his coat
, and pr -ach 1 a -vi'-orou.- s< nnon under
; the pines In his hirt sleeves. At the
! eke' 1 of i.h ■ opi ii air service one of
his ad- iii apj , iinched him and said j
' regretfully:
"I don't suppose you knew that the
editor of one of the big New York
I Sunday paper'- was here when you
; pulled off your < oat."
"I reckon I knew it well, for I'd been
told of it," said tii ■ preacher calmly.
; "I don't be! 've lie's as bad as lie
j might lie. and anyway I put my coat
1 on the chair close by and had it right
under my eye ail tlie time."—Youth's
! Companion.
More Story of the Flood.
Thu legend of the Hood as told by
the Moros is as follows:
"When the forty days and nights of
rain came No and his family got into
a box. One pair of each sort of bird
and beast also came in. Men who
were busy with their ordinary occupa
tions and did not enter the box were
overtaken by the flood. Those who
ran to the mountains became mon
keys; those who ran to the water, lish.
The Chinaman changed to a hornbill.
A woman who was eating the fruit of
a seaweed and would not stop was
changed into a tisli called a dugong.
and her limbs can still be seen under
its skin."
Mara's Voice.
Mine. Mara had a voice that ex I end
ed from middle U to E in alt and was
one of the most facile and flexible ever
known. She delighted in the florid
music of llasse, Graun, Benda, .ioni
i nielli, l'ergalese, Porpora, Sacchiui and
others of that school and with the ut
most ease executed passages that are
j now consigned to solo instruments,
sucli as the violin and Utile. She held
I the stage from 1771 to INO2, with an
j occasional appearance after the latler
I date.
His Bedtime.
"When do you wind your watch."
asked the man with the bulging brow— ,
"morning or evening?"
"Generally in the morning," answer- |
eil the mau with the bulbous nose.
[ "1 alv. ay- wind mine ju>t before I
goto bed." 112
I "Well er so do I."- Chicago Trib
li lie.
What She Would Do.
"Johnnie, dear," said his mother, who
was trying to Inculcate a lesson iu in
ilustry, "what do you suppose niamii a
would do for you if you should come to
her some day mid tell her that you
loved your studies?" "Lick me for
telling ii falsehood." hiiid dear little
Johllllle with the trarikues* of youth
A Quick Return Bun nun.
"Yoti aald you were going Uiio miuh» I
business that would bring you qui !> I
return*." »aid a >otitic fellow to b
(hum
"I did." With the answer. "I am se d
lug uiaiiu> ripts to the im»ga*i|Ma."
A Nic# tiuh.
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